Applied Biodynamics — Issue 090 (Fall/Winter 2016)
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ssue 090 centers on biodynamics as a social, cultural, and spiritual practice, documenting how farms, preparations, and community structures function as healing forces for land and people.
The issue opens with “Community Farm of Ann Arbor: A Healing Center,” an extended interview detailing one of the earliest CSAs in the United States. The article documents consensus-based governance, long-term land stewardship, education through farm immersion, and full-spectrum preparation use as foundational to the farm’s resilience and continuity.
In “In Memory of Trauger Groh,” the issue honors one of the principal architects of the CSA movement, situating community-supported agriculture historically and spiritually within biodynamic and associative economic principles.
“Prepping for Resilient Community: Grafting to Our Native Rootstock” examines CSA and biodynamics through the lens of indigenous wisdom, land relationship, and cultural responsibility, proposing barrel compost and communal preparation work as social as well as agricultural tools.
“Reflections on Biodynamic Community Building in New Mexico” documents intentional efforts to seed regional biodynamic communities through shared preparation work, study, and coordinated field activity in the American Southwest.
The issue broadens its scope with “Marian Farms Biodynamic Spirits,” tracing how biodynamic principles extend into fermentation and distillation, and “A Visit to the Goetheanum Garden Park,” which documents long-standing preparation use, research, and education at the spiritual and historical center of anthroposophy.
Closing sections mark institutional transition with farewells and announcements, include Rudolf Steiner verses for farmers and the Michael Age, and provide detailed notices for workshops, volunteer days, and the Fellowship of Preparation Makers Conference.
Articles
- Community Farm of Ann Arbor: A Healing Center, Interview with Paul Bantle & Anne Elder (A. Porter) In Memory of Trauger Groh
- Prepping for Resilient Community: Grafting to Our Native Rootstock (S. McFadden)
- Reflections on Biodynamic Community Building in New Mexico (P. Frazier)
- Marion Farms Biodynamic Spirits (H. Francis)
- A Visit to the Goetheanum Garden Park (H. Francis)
- Farewell to Our Editor Hunter Francis (A. Porter)
- Dandelion Thank you Verse for Farmers & Verse for the Michael Age by Rudolf Steiner
- Announcing: JPI Fall Compost and Chromatography Workshop with Bruno Follador, JPI Volunteer Days for Fall Preparations, and Fellowship of Preparation Makers Conference
Key Topics Covered
- Community Supported Agriculture as a healing social form
- Consensus governance and long-term land tenure
- Biodynamic preparations as community-building tools
- Indigenous wisdom and land relationship
- Regional biodynamic community formation
- Biodynamic fermentation and distillation
- Goetheanum preparation practice and research
- Institutional continuity and generational transition
Citation
Applied Biodynamics, Issue 090, Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics, Fall/Winter 2016.
